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Grade Inflation: A Leadership Opportunity for Schools of Education

by Perry A. Zirkel - 1999

Grade inflation pervades American schools from the k-12 level through the graduate level. The trend is particularly pronounced in the humanities field and in departments, schools, and colleges of education (DSCEs). This problem presents a leadership opportunity for DSCEs to develop and implement a credible and meaningful grade-distribution system.

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 101 Number 2, 1999, p. 247-260
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 10440, Date Accessed: 1/18/2020 5:55:55 PM

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Perry Zirkel Lehigh University Perry A. Zirkel is Iacocca Professor of Education at Lehigh University. He is co-author of Section 507, the ADA, and the Schools (LRP Publications, 1995).

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